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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Mar 3;19(3):838–843. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-1112

Table 2.

Characteristics of MSI-high tumors, by BRAF mutation status

BRAF WT N = 106 BRAF V600E N = 41 OR (95% C.I.)

Age (years) 68.0 (sd = 12.1) 77.7 (sd =9.2) p <0.0001
Female 53 (65.4) 28 (34.6) 2.15 (1.01 – 4.61)
Male 53 (80.3) 13 (19.7) 1.00
Ashkenazi Jewish 70 (66.7) 35 (33.3) 3.00 (1.15 – 7.79)
Non-Ashkenazi Jewish 36 (85.7) 6 (14.2) 1.00
Never smoked 52 (69.3) 23 (30.7) 0.71 (0.33 – 1.50)
Ever smoked 51 (76.1) 16 (23.9) 1.00
Pack-years 38.8 (sd=26.3) 36.1 (sd=26.1) p = 0.75
HRT Use 2 (66.6) 1 (33.3) 0.74 (0.06 – 8.63)
No HRT Use 34 (59.7) 23 (40.4) 1.00
Aspirin/NSAID Use 25 (69.4) 11(30.6) 1.24 (0.54 – 2.85)
No Aspirin/NSAID Use 79 (73.8) 28 (26.2) 1.00
1° Fam Hx of CRC 9 (69.2) 4 (30.8) 1.15 (0.33 – 3.97)
No Fam Hx of CRC 96 (72.2) 37 (27.8) 1.00
MSI-high 106 (72.1) 41 (27.9) -